In your opinion, will the US experience deliberate Internet blackouts (ordered by the state) before the end of the year?
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Internet blackouts are a natural next step when authoritarian regimes are faced with widespread social unrest that official propaganda channels can't contain -- alongside sending in the troops. This is really asking "do you think the US will follow the remainder of the playbook"
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I personally don't think it's likely, maybe 25% chance at most. But it's within the range of possible events one should consider
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Only if Twitter suspends Trump’s account. Otherwise he’ll feel he has the most to lose since that’s the firehose for his message.
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My thoughts exactly.
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We didn't think that any of this would happen but here we are
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We could also have wildfire prevention blackouts here in CA again. Imagine that... Being stuck inside with nowhere to go... also no electricity... Fun.
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Would wreck the economy. More important to Trump, it would tank the stock market given how much the FANGs float the Dow/Nasdaq.
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Do you realize the US is doing all the things y’all hated about Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Yemen etc??? And those things you are talking about have been done in countries where the US drops and imposes sanctions?
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Drops bombs
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They would do it if the market didn’t need retail trader-provided liquidity
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Lets hope it’s that low
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Noting that 25% seems incredibly high to me
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